Stake-holding standard



(No Model.)

O. F. COOPER.

STAKE HOLDING STANDARD.

No; 392,186. Patented Nov. 6,. 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. COOPER, or CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

STAKE-HOLDING STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3 92,186, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed April 21, 1888. Serial No. 271,437. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. OooPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stake-Holding Standards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to standards such as are used for holding anvil bars or stakes,more particularly for tinners use; and the object of my invention is to so construct the standard as to afford a firm and secure attachment to the bench, and to admit of the application to said standard of a bar of any desired shape.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to this end, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a view of the invention in perspective, showing also a modification in the form of the clamping-yoke and the device for securing the same; and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the standard, showing the arrangement of the internal parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A is a standard, which may be of cast-iro n. This is provided with a base, A, supporting it firmly on the bench B. In the upper end of thestandard is a V-shaped notch or recess, a, preferably less than'a right angle, which serves as a bearing for the under side of the anvil bar or stake C. Being of this angular form,the'notch is adapted to hold round or angular iron, and in any desired position. The central portion of the standard is cored out, as indicated, and herein is mounted a yoke or eyebolt, D, the lower portion-of which is threaded, passes through the base of the standard and also through the bench, to which it is secured at the same time that the stake is secured to the standard by a hand-nut, E. A spring, 1), serves to throw the yoke upward as the hand-nut is unscrewed.

The operation of the device will be readily seen. A stake of any form is placed in the notch in the standard and through the eye of the yoke. By screwing up the hand-nut the stake is drawn tightlyinto the notch, thesame action serving to draw the standard with equal tightness against the bench. Having a broad base, the standard thus becomes as firm and rigid as the bench itself, and is not subject to the sagging and looseness common to the ordinary stake, and due to the wearing of the hole in the bench in which it is inserted.

It will be observed that the form of the bearing for the stake in the standard is such as to admit of large variation in the size as well as the shape of the stake, and thus one standard may serve as support for all that may ordinarily be required in a shop. The economy in the use of such a device will be evident, since the stakes require no separate standard and 6 the bench but the space and hole for a single standard. V

Between the hand-nut and the bench there should be a washer, 0.

At the right hand in Fig. l is shown a modification in the form of the yoke D, the .upper portion being angular instead of round, as rep resented in the other views. For some purposes this form is desirable; but for most purposes the round ring or eye answers perfectly, and is preferred. So, also, the hand-nut for tightening the parts is generally preferred; but where a heavy strain is not required a foot-lever, F, may be used and secured by a pin, 01. Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the class specified, the combination of the standard A, having base A, notch a, and a hole to receive a yoke and spring, the yoke D, spring b, and hand-nut E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

CH ARLES F. COOPER.

Witnesses:

S. W. BRAINERD, Tnos. LOWE. 

